To reduce foreign influence on Japanese, wartime authorities invented native alternatives to what they called 敵性語 [tekiseigo], ‘the language of the enemy’. Some of the names for musical instruments aren’t so catchy...pic.twitter.com/dl6v1L2YhJ
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You're welcome. Too often, it's civilians with influence including a gungho media that push nations into unprofitable wars and their excesses.
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